Saitama Prefecture Restaurant with entertainment where measures against infectious diseases are inadequate “Avoid use” July 8 18:33
In response to the confirmation of people infected with the new coronavirus centering on restaurants with entertainment in Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture has taken sufficient measures against infectious diseases based on the Act on Special Measures against Viruses. For restaurants with entertainment, we decided to request the residents of the prefecture to cooperate in order to avoid using the restaurant both inside and outside the prefecture.
On the 8th, Saitama Prefecture held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters for the new coronavirus, and among the 133 people who were confirmed to be infected in the week before the 6th, 27 employees and users of restaurants and cabaret clubs with entertainment were 27. % Has been reported.
Therefore, at the meeting, based on the Act on Special Measures for Countermeasures against New Coronaviruses, avoid using restaurants that are entertaining for the residents of the prefecture, but those that do not have sufficient measures against infectious diseases both inside and outside the prefecture Decided to make a request to the citizens of the prefecture for cooperation.
In addition, the restaurant will be requested to thoroughly implement infection control measures such as thorough ventilation and disinfection.
According to Saitama Prefecture, it is the first metropolitan prefecture in the Kanto region to make a request based on the Act on Special Measures since the emergency declaration was lifted in May.
At the meeting, Governor Ohno told the citizens, "It's a very alarming situation. Because the cause of the infection can be understood to some extent, the focus is not on the overall self-restraint request that was made under the emergency declaration. We strongly urge all citizens of the prefecture and businesses to cooperate."
Start a system to independently certify stores that are taking infection prevention measures
It was confirmed that multiple employees were infected with the new coronavirus at two cabaret stores in the downtown area of Omiya Ward, Saitama City, and groups created at the shops in this downtown wear face shields to serve customers. We have started a system to independently certify stores that have taken sufficient infection prevention measures.
In the downtown area “Omiya Minami Ginza” in Omiya Ward, Saitama City, which is popularly known as “Nangin”, employees and users have been infected one after another at two cabaret club stores since the 27th of last month. There are 26 people.
In response to this, "shopping associations" made at restaurants in downtown areas are:
▼ Thorough disinfection , ▼
Confirming contact information and physical condition with customers when entering the store,
▼ Masks and face guards We have started an initiative to independently certify stores that meet 12 check items, such as wearing items, as "infection prevention countermeasure stores."
In the lounge where the “sticker” that is the certificate is affixed,
▼“partition boards” are placed for each seat, and
▼“coasters” are placed on the glass to prevent the fly from entering.
Mr. Honoka, an employee who was serving customers with face shields and masks, said, "I'm taking all possible measures, so I'd like you to come with peace of mind."
The visiting customer said, "If the measures are solid, the business partner can bring them in with confidence."
From this week, the store association plans to sequentially certify the stores that are taking measures from this week, Vice Chairman Heiji Yamagishi said, “We must fight the new coronavirus in “Nangin” as a whole. I want you to come".
Governor Ohno: Background to the new request "The medical system is limited"
According to Saitama Prefecture, young people in their 20s and 30s accounted for 92 people, or 69%, out of 133 people who were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture within one week until the 6th.
Most of them are asymptomatic or mild and 3 out of 118 are hospitalized.
Regarding the infection route,
▽27% of people were infected at restaurants with entertainment such as cabaret clubs in Saitama prefecture,
▽20% of people were suspected to be infected in Tokyo, and
▽27% of people did not know the infection route. Has become.
Saitama Prefecture has the smallest number of general beds per 100,000 population in Japan and the smallest number of doctors per population in the metropolitan area, so how to prepare for the so-called “second wave”? The issue is whether to secure a medical system.
Governor Ono responded to an interview with NHK on the 8th, saying, “Since Saitama Prefecture, which has a limited medical system, will not be able to prevent the spread of the infection as early as one day, it will be the first time a new law will be established based on the law after the emergency declaration was lifted. I made a request," and made it clear that one of the reasons behind this request was the current state of the medical system.
On top of that, “It may be difficult to ask for total self-restraint in the past, but one-fourth of the infected people in the prefecture are also derived from the “night city,” and if firmly suppressed, the number of infected people will decrease logically. It is important to stop in a small place in a while."